On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/23/19), Hank explains what it means to express your faith in God. Faith is ultimately grounded in the nature of God, and nothing is more crucial to a praying person than a proper perception of who God is. He is the one who wields supreme and ultimate authority. Therefore, from a biblical perspective, faith becomes a channel of living trust, an assurance that stretches from a human being to their God.

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/22/19), Hank discusses the importance of prayer, a means by which we can step out of the shallow tide pools of our hearts and plunge into the unbounded ocean of uncreated energy. According to Hank, The Lord’s Prayer provides the doorway into an ever-deepening experience with the Divine, and going deep involves making a major paradigm shift in your perception of prayer. It is a means by which we may attain a level of intimacy with God that we may never before have so much as imagined.

Hank also answers the following questions:

Elementary school students are being taught that homosexuality is fine and you have to be inclusive; what can we do besides pray?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/21/19), Hank shares his thoughts on the importance of reading and the general lack of reading in our culture. Reading is a life practice that can renew and transform our minds. Not only is reading the Bible important, but Hank encourages listeners to read other books like the Classics as well as theological books by those who have learned to think God’s thoughts after Him.

Hank also answers the following questions:

Is it possible to be a non-practicing homosexual Christian?

What is the identity of the rock mentioned in Matthew 16:18 and how did the church change from Catholic to Roman Catholic? How does the Catholic Church draw a line of succession of popes from Peter?

]]>123007Best of BAM: An Apparent Contradiction Between Gospels, and Q&Ahttps://www.equip.org/broadcast/best-of-bam-an-apparent-contradiction-between-gospels-and-qa/
Sat, 18 May 2019 22:00:04 +0000https://www.equip.org/?post_type=broadcast&p=122434

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank shares good news about his health and gives a follow-up on a question he was asked on a previous broadcast about an apparent contradiction between the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Matthew’s Gospel, there is an account of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus going to Egypt, while Luke leaves out this account altogether and instead focuses on their return to Nazareth. But as Hank points out, this is not a contradiction but a faulty recounting of events by the caller.

Hank also answers the following questions:

I feel bad for not attending my parish, but I fear that I will lose what I gained in visiting other churches if I go back. Am I being selfish?

How is someone going to tell the difference between the faith that you profess and the faith that my Hindu friend professes?

I received a book in the mail titled The Awesome Potential of Man from the Restored Church of God. What is your opinion on it?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/16/19), Hank discusses the recent pro-life bill that was passed and signed into law in Alabama. It is the strictest ban on abortion in the United States, protecting the baby even in the case of rape or incest. Some have claimed that the bill goes too far. But as Hank points out, the whole debate revolves around whether an embryo is a human being. If it is, then it makes sense to protect babies even in the case of rape or incest.

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/15/19), Hank reminds listeners that we wanted to devote this month to prayer because people talk about prayer, people eulogize prayer, and people lament the removal of prayer from the classroom, but oftentimes he wonders whether we recognize that we are oftentimes very lax in our own prayer life.

Hank also answers questions on the following topics:

I enjoyed your program yesterday on contrasting the Qur’an and the Bible and I’d like to hear more programs like it.

I heard a pastor say that Jesus Christ never carried the cross to Calvary. Is this correct?

You have said that you don’t believe in a pretribulational rapture; Isn’t Isaiah 26:20 speaking of a pretribulational rapture?

Why does the Catholic Church have the books of Maccabees but Protestants do not?

]]>122612Contrasting the Qur’an and the Biblehttps://www.equip.org/broadcast/contrasting-the-quran-and-the-bible/
Tue, 14 May 2019 22:45:06 +0000https://www.equip.org/?post_type=broadcast&p=122510

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/14/19), Hank takes a deep dive into contrasting Islam and Christianity, believing that contrast is the conduit to clarity. Hank makes a contrast between the Qur’an and the Bible, an important issue as the Qur’an is being lauded in Western civilization while the Bible is under siege.

]]>122510Forgive Us Our Trespasses, Lead Us Not Into Temptation, and Q&Ahttps://www.equip.org/broadcast/forgive-us-our-trespasses-lead-us-not-into-temptation-and-qa/
Mon, 13 May 2019 22:50:54 +0000https://www.equip.org/?post_type=broadcast&p=122446

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/13/19), Hank continues his examination into the words in the Lord’s Prayer, explaining what it means to pray “forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

Hank also answers the following questions:

Is it necessary for salvation to attend a church?

What are some ways that you can honor someone who has died?

Are the Beatitudes teaching that everyone is welcome to the Kingdom of God and we should look for those who are poor in spirit to help them?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank says that he fears that oftentimes we can get into a sort of tradition with praying the Lord’s Prayer so that it loses its power and vigor, because we say the words without understanding that this is not a prayer mantra, but a prayer manner. So Hank goes over the phrases in the prayer, starting by explaining what it means to say “Your kingdom come.”

Hank also answers the following questions:

Isaiah prophesied about Christ; how can modern-day Jews discount what one of their own prophets said as to who the Messiah was?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/09/19), Hank unpacks a chilling quote by the Polish philosopher and statesman, Ryszard Legutko, who was recently disinvited to speak at Middlebury College under the pretext that his safety could not be guaranteed. Legutko explains that today’s liberal democracy increasingly reminds him of his young days in communism.

Hank also answers the following questions:

If Jesus was dead for three days and three nights, then how can you have an Easter celebration of Christ’s death on Good Friday and Resurrection on Sunday?

Why do Seventh-Day Adventists believe that we sleep after death before Jesus returns, and is their view correct?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/08/19), Hank continues to break down the parts of the Lord’s Prayer by explaining what it means to say “give us today our daily bread.” As God dwells within us, as He fills us with his life and nature, so too He provides all that is necessary for the sustenance of our physical bodies. Hank points out that when we ask our Heavenly Father to “give us today our daily bread,” not only are we praying for our own needs, the needs of our immediate family; but praying for our extended family as well. We aren’t praying as mere rugged individualists, but we’re praying as members of a community of faith—members of the Body of Christ.

Hank also answers the following questions:

What are your thoughts on the late Peter J. Peters?

How is someone going to tell the difference between the faith that you profess and the faith that my Hindu friend professes?

I received a book in the mail titled The Awesome Potential of Man from the Restored Church of God. What is your opinion on it?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/07/19), Hank shares good news about his health and gives a follow-up on a question he was asked on yesterday’s broadcast about an apparent contradiction between the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Matthew’s Gospel, there is an account of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus going to Egypt, while Luke leaves out this account altogether and instead focuses on their return to Nazareth. But as Hank points out, this is not a contradiction but a faulty recounting of events by the caller.

Hank also answers the following questions:

I feel bad for not attending my parish, but I fear that I will lose what I gained in visiting other churches if I go back. Am I being selfish?

Is the Acts of Thomas a valid book for Christians to read or is it heretical?

Do women need to cover their heads as mentioned in 1 Corinthians 11?

In heaven, will we be able to see sadness and suffering on the earth with grieving eyes?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/06/19), Hank discusses an article from USA Today titled, “American Churches Must Reject Literalism and Admit We Got It Wrong on Gay People” by Oliver Thomas. Thomas says that we can’t trust the bible because it is full of errors and therefore we can’t trust what it says about LGBT issues. Hank goes on to counter Thomas’ arguments and shows that the Bible is indeed trustworthy.

Hank also answers the following questions:

When you die and go to heaven, is that when God wipes away every tear or is that after the rapture?

In Matthew, it says that Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt, but in Luke, it says that they went to Jerusalem, then Nazareth. How do I reconcile those two accounts?

]]>121640Best of BAM: The New Heaven and New Earth, and Q&Ahttps://www.equip.org/broadcast/best-of-bam-the-new-heaven-and-new-earth-and-qa/
Sat, 04 May 2019 22:00:42 +0000https://www.equip.org/?post_type=broadcast&p=120806

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank shares his thoughts on the new heaven and new earth as described by the Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3:10. Rather than an altogether different cosmos, Hank affirms that the heavens and the earth will be resurrected, not annihilated. God does not scrap His creations but restores them; therefore, Paradise lost will become Paradise restored. In light of this, Hank asks the question: if the cosmos and we ourselves will one day be resurrected, how then should we live?

Hank also answers the following questions:

If Satan would not have tempted Adam and Eve to sin, would he still have been condemned to hell?

Will Iran be called Persia someday as spoken about in end time prophecy?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/03/19), Hank says that he fears that oftentimes we can get into a sort of tradition with praying the Lord’s Prayer so that it loses its power and vigor, because we say the words without understanding that this is not a prayer mantra, but a prayer manner. So Hank goes over the phrases in the prayer, starting by explaining what it means to say “Your kingdom come” and “Thy will be done.” In the second segment of the broadcast, Hank contrasts Islam and Christianity by looking at their leaders, Muhammad and Christ. There is so much in the news today about followers of Christ who do horrendous things and followers of Muhammad who do horrendous things, so the thought is that there is somewhat of a moral equivalency between the two religions. But the truth is that if you want to understand the difference between Christianity and Islam, you need to look at their leaders.

]]>121386The National Day of Prayer, Saint Ephrem, and Deificationhttps://www.equip.org/broadcast/the-national-day-of-prayer-saint-ephrem-and-deification/
Thu, 02 May 2019 23:07:00 +0000https://www.equip.org/?post_type=broadcast&p=121299

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/02/19), Hank discusses the quintessential issue of prayer, noting that today is the National Day of Prayer, a day when people are asked to turn to God in prayer and meditation. President Trump said today that our country was founded on prayer; our communities are sustained by prayer; and our nation will be renewed by hard work, a lot of intelligence—and above all—by prayer. In the second segment of the broadcast, Hank gives a detailed description of Saint Ephrem the Syrian and explicates deification, a topic that he covers in-depth in his upcoming book, Truth Matters, Life Matters More.

]]>121299Union With Christ Through Prayer, and Q&Ahttps://www.equip.org/broadcast/union-with-christ-through-prayer-and-qa/
Wed, 01 May 2019 23:10:16 +0000https://www.equip.org/?post_type=broadcast&p=121203

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/01/19), Hank shares two resources that have had a profound impact in his life and are available all this month to those that support the ministry of the Christian Research Institute. One is a cross with the Prayer of Saint Ephrem engraved on it, a prayer that Hank prays every single morning as he starts his day. The second is Hank’s book, The Prayer of Jesus: Secrets to Real Intimacy with God. Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, and it revolutionized their lives. Hank wrote The Prayer of Jesus so that you can learn to pray as Jesus prayed and revolutionize your prayer life and experience even deeper union with Christ.

Hank also answers the following questions:

Can you speak about the Brotherhood of Man and a Christian’s duty to have righteous emotional thoughts into the world?

Isaiah prophesied about Christ; how can modern-day Jews discount what one of their own prophets said as to who the Messiah was?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/30/19), Hank discusses climate change after watching Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke claim that humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet. Hank likens this to former Vice President Al Gore, who in 2006 made a similar claim. But ten years later in 2016, we saw that Gore was wrong. In 1992 Gore said that only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis, that the debate was over, science was settled, and they have consensus. But all of that is demonstrably false, as even Gore himself 17 years later confessed that the debate over human-induced climate change had raged up until 1999.

Hank also answers the following questions:

My pastor said that we all enjoy mercy and grace, but we all deserve hell. Do you believe that we deserve hell?

I listened to a sermon by Adam Hamilton, and he said that we have license to interpret the bible as we see fit. How would you counter this?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/29/19), Hank shares his thoughts on a Newsweek article titled, “The Bible: So Misunderstood it’s a Sin” by Kurt Eichenwald. In the article, Eichenwald posits that the Bible is corrupt, Jesus was a false apocalyptic prophet, and the Genesis account is contradictory, among other things. Hank specifically addresses Eichenwald’s accusations against Genesis and offers his book, Has God Spoken? as a full refutation of these erroneous claims.

Hank also answers the following questions:

I used to be a Mormon and I appreciate your ministry, but I don’t understand why you judge other religions?

Someone at my church said that we shouldn’t pray the Lord’s Prayer because it was only for Jesus’ disciples; is that right?

Do you know if there are any major problems with Frederick Price?

Have you heard of Andrew Murray?

Which translations of the Bible are good, and are there any we should avoid?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/26/19), Hank mentions that the Eastern Church’s observation of Pascha, also called Easter, takes place this weekend, one week after the Western Church. This is due to the two following different calendars—the West observes the Gregorian calendar while the East uses the Julian calendar to determine the date of Pascha. Hank longs for the day when the Eastern and Western Churches can celebrate the resurrection together.

Hank also answers questions on the following topics:

Can you reconcile the concept of the rapture with a loving God?

Does a saved spouse sanctify an unsaved spouse?

Did a church council append the phrase “For thine is the kingdom…” to the Lord’s Prayer?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/24/19), Hank shares his thoughts on the new heaven and new earth as described by the Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3:10. Rather than an altogether different cosmos, Hank affirms that the heavens and the earth will be resurrected, not annihilated. God does not scrap His creations but restores them; therefore, Paradise lost will become Paradise restored. In light of this, Hank asks the question: if the cosmos and we ourselves will one day be resurrected, how then should we live?

Hank also answers the following questions:

If Satan would not have tempted Adam and Eve to sin, would he still have been condemned to hell?

Will Iran be called Persia someday as spoken about in end-time prophecy?

Where in Scripture is the pre-tribulation rapture taught? Has the tribulation described in Revelation already happened?

Is Jesus the angel of the Lord mentioned in the Old Testament?

In 2 Peter 3:10, Peter describes the day of the Lord; when will this happen?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/22/19), Hank addresses the suicide bombings that occurred yesterday morning in Sri Lanka at several churches during their Easter services. Hank goes on to discuss Islamic terrorism and the Western media’s reluctance to report on it.

Hank also answers the following questions:

Can you comment on full preterism and the biblical perspective of what’s to come?

Why aren’t there other extra-biblical sources for historical Jesus outside of Josephus and some other historians?

My mother was baptized as a Mormon, now she is a Christian. Should she be rebaptized?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank features the brand new edition of the Christian Research Journal by discussing the cover story “Why Marxism (and Socialism) Always Fails” by Jay W. Richards. Marxism, rebranded as socialism today, is making a comeback, and in the politics of the progressive Left, the makeover is complete. But Marx’s theory suffers the same malady as every materialistic theory: it contradicts the existence of the theorist. Richards explains how it works and what we should know in this cover feature article in the current edition of the Christian Research Journal. To subscribe click here.

Hank also answers the following questions:

Do we have the ability to bind and loose through faith in Christ?

Does the Orthodox Church observe the practice of praying to the Saints in the same way as the Catholic Church?

Aren’t we supposed to put effort into working rather than live paycheck to paycheck and rely on God’s provision?

If Christ died for our past and future sins, would we be forgiven if we don’t get a chance to repent of a sin?

On this special edition of the Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/19/19), Hank focuses on why it is that we celebrate the death of Jesus Christ upon the cross, and not only His atoning death for our sins, but His glorious resurrection, without which we have no hope. The fatal torment of the historical Christ is one of the most well-established facts of antiquity. The Lord Jesus died for our sins according to the Scriptures; the tomb was empty on the third day; He was seen by many eyewitnesses, and His miraculous resurrection transformed the lives of His followers.